Question

in a carnival drawing,a green ticket wins $1,a yellow ticket wins $5,and a blue ticket wins $10. There are 100 green tickets, 25 yellow tickets and 5 blue tickets. in simplest form, what are the odds in favor of winning $5 or more?

Answer 1

There are 130 tickets. 30 of these tickets are worth $5 or $ 10. Therefore, 30 of these 130 tickets are worth $5 or greater. Simplying 30 / 130 gives the probability of 3 / 13 or roughly 23%.